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Poverty, exploitation and greed seem to be perennial aspects of the human condition and it is these issues that Tolstoy addresses in What Then Must We Do? At the time of its publication, the book had a great impact on thinking people both in Russia and abroad, who acknowledged... Read Full Overview

Tolstoy is considered one of the giants of Russian literature; his works include the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina and novellas such as Hadji Murad and The Death of Ivan Ilyich.

Tolstoy's earliest works, the autobiographical novels Childhood, Boyhood,... Read Full Overview

Tolstoy is considered one of the giants of Russian literature; his works include the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina and novellas such as Hadji Murad and The Death of Ivan Ilyich.

Tolstoy's earliest works, the autobiographical novels Childhood, Boyhood,... Read Full Overview

What to Do is a non-fiction work by Leo Tolstoy in which he describes the social conditions of Russia in his day.
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time.

Book Excerpt: ...thed in some grey ragged stuff. They were talking, as they walked, about some kind of business.Every expression was unfailingly accompanied by some obscene word. Neither was drunk, but each absorbed with her own affairs; and the passing men, and those about them,... Read Full Overview

What to Do is a non-fiction work by Leo Tolstoy in which he describes the social conditions of Russia in his day.
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time.

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (9 September O.S. 28 August] 1828 - 20 November O.S. 7 November] 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. He received multiple nominations for Nobel... Read Full Overview

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer - novelist, essayist, dramatist and philosopher - as well as pacifist Christian anarchist and educational reformer. He was the most influential member of the aristocratic... Read Full Overview

I had lived all my life out of town. When, in 1881, I went to live in Moscow, the poverty of the town greatly surprised me. I am familiar with poverty in the country; but city poverty was new and incomprehensible to me. In Moscow it was impossible to pass along the street without... Read Full Overview

""Thoughts Evoked By The Census Of Moscow"" is a non-fiction book written by the renowned Russian author Leo Tolstoy. The book is a collection of essays and reflections on the state of Russian society and its problems, inspired by the results of the 1882 census of Moscow. Tolstoy... Read Full Overview

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